Bengali Narkel Naru Recipe

pRepaRatIOn tImE : 15 mints
lEvEl : eAsY

2 DAYS left for durga pujA .....AFTER that lokkhi pujA,,, i cant imagine without bengali Narkel naru , any of pUja days which is one of my favourite !! since childhood i was a huge fan of narkel naru....

Ingredients :

• 3 cups shredded coconut (fresh or packaged; I used the unsweetened kind)
• 300 ml sweetened condense milk
• 1 cup plain milk
• 6-8 green cardamoms, coarsely ground

Preparation :

1. Move around the coconut in a thick bottom pan for about 4-5 minutes on very low heat. 
2. Add the condense milk and the cup of milk, mix well. Keep the heat at the lowest gas mark.
3. The coconut and the milk mixture should start bubbling on the sides and get thicker. 
4. Keep mixing it with a silicon coated ladle if you have, else use a steel spoon. Make sure you keep scraping the bottom of the pan and watch the mixture all the time
5. After about 10 minutes on low heat the mixture would have cooked. 
6. Turn the heat off and add the cardamom powder. 
7. Give it a good mix and let the coconut mixture cool down.
8. When the mixture is cool enough for you to handle, make little lemon-size balls with your hands and place on a clean platter. This quantity makes about 20 naru/ laddu.
9. Store in an airtight box and do refrigerate.